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Hi guys. I'm currently having a Dino outbreak. It started when I forgot to switch my Pharos to manual mode and it was running on the default timer. Which had 100% white for a few hours and it made my corals expel zooxanthellae. Then Dino's started breaking out near the rocks and now there's this long brown stringy thing all over the tank. From what I know zooxanthellae are a type of dinoflagellate too. So I'm not quite sure if the lights caused this outbreak. I have an ats in the sump and it has dinos too. Here's what I intend to do: 1. Black out for 3 days 2. Raise pH to 8.4 3. Siphon sand and water changes everyday 4. 200 micron filter sock after the overflow in the sump - I read it helps to remove free floating dinos 5. Run activated carbon And I have a few questions, Should I clear the algae in the ats? Since it contains dinos as well How should I go about raising pH? If I were to use baking soda how much should I add? My system is approx 90L. Any advice will really be appreciated.

Any other contacts? I searched this forum but it seems like there are few contacts for moving tanks. Some posts are quite old and I'm not sure if they're still in business

Thanks bro I'll check them out.

My tank parameters: Nitrate: 2-5ppm Low nitrates make me very happy for some reason. Maybe because I had a really hard time controlling nitrates in the past. I think my biospheres have finally started to take effect. dKH: 10 Ca: 480 Mg: 1290 Sg: 1.025 Oh and I added a few fish as well. 3 blue/green chromis, and a yellow coris wrasse. The chromis look very good when they're sorta schooling together. I have a thing for schooling fish haha.

Pictureeeessssss A FTS One of my fastest growing corals. Hopefully it will cover the rock soon. Started off a really tiny frag Zoas from GO. Just came home after collecting a green digi and turquoise bn from a very nice lady reefer(not many out there ain't it). Will monitor these 2 corals, hopefully they will do well More stuff I've changed, I finally decided to do a hard piping return from the chiller. Because the soft piping kept coming loose, and the joints were leaky. Nearly flooded my living room the other day. My mum raged so I had to get off my lazy ass and change the piping. Got a really small pocci frag. Quite a fast grower too I realized. Started off with 3 branches now it's heading off to 5. And can see it growing towards the light(since it's not getting much on my frag station). Other sps I have are the orange monti(which is bleaching ). I've lowered the light intensity to about 40-50% white. Hopefully it'll show some improvement. It had great PE previously and is one of my favourite. Definitely wish to nurse it back to health. And the already bleached red digis from GO. I actually got some of those unwanted frags on the sand, hopefully it'll colour up soon. It has some PE. And I'm feeding the tank rotifers and zooplankton.

Thank you bro! I'll check with him

Now for my long overdue update.. I've recently got lucky and bought a 2nd hand Pharos 90w really cheap. Made the decision because I can have the option of upgrading in the near future. And also added a few sps frags to try out the water parameters. Namely a small pocci, some red digi and a orange monti cap. The orange monti is bleaching for some reason, I think it could be due to the Pharos being too strong. Anyway will update with pictures tonight! Hope everyone had a nice public holiday ystd

I don't dare to say I'm replicating nature, more like taking a piece of it for my personal sadistic viewing pleasure. Thanks for the nice words though! Yes a lot of $$$$ spent, quite gek sim when I think about it haha

Hi guys, Does anyone have a tank mover contact to share? I'm looking for someone to move a 4ft tank and cabinet. Thanks in advance

Thanks for the info guys!

Thanks for the replies guys, the madpetz one price a bit steep ah...

Thanks bro I'll go down have a look when I'm free

Yes but I don't really want to have it shipped here. Is there any locally?

Hi guys, Does anyone know where to get this float valve? Looking to DIY a top off system

AM had a few small ones last week, not sure if still have though

Thanks bro

Camping here! And waiting for pictures

Hi guys any diamond goby for sale anywhere?

AM ran out of stock already the last time I checked. For anyone considering this wavemaker, just get it! As soon as stocks arrive. Very worth it for the price. Don't regret getting one myself

Another tiny update: Mg: 1170ppm Already added the magnesium additive last night, didn't really expect a drop. This hobby is full of surprises. Just added magnesium again, will check again tomorrow night.

I got mine second hand 120. I camped at pasar malam for a really long time then decided to try my luck at ebay and got it. really lucky. you can try. not sure how much the new ones are going for though

Hi bro I'm using a second hand resun cl280 chiller and it chills my 2ft down quite well, if you dont have budget (like me haha) you can go for resun or hailea.. sufficient for nano tanks. If not you can try the chiller from gemsurf. But I'm not sure how good that is, only know it chills water using electricity and a computer heatsink

Hey mellow! Didn't know you have a tank thread haha. Very nice tank, your pictures do your tank good justice. Read your thread from the start and it made me excited too hahaha. Thanks for your frags too, have a great week Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Thanks bro! Will try to maintain the nitrates at 5-10ppm. Doesn't look as good as your shallow reef man, love your mini school of dispars Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk